Shloka 25

The Greatness of Puruṣottama

Aṣṭākṣarī Maṇḍala-Pūjā and Nyāsa

Devanagari script

ततोऽवधार्य हृदये कर्णिकायां बहिर्न्यसेत् । चतुर्भुजं महासत्वं सूर्यकोटिसमप्रभम् ॥ २५ ॥

Transliteration

tato'vadhārya hṛdaye karṇikāyāṃ bahirnyaset | caturbhujaṃ mahāsatvaṃ sūryakoṭisamaprabham || 25 ||

Translation

次いで、心にしっかりと念を定め、心蓮の花房の外側に（主を）安置すべきである。四臂を具え、千万の太陽に等しい光輝を放つ、偉大にして高貴なる御方を観想せよ。

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय—क्रमवाचक (then/thereafter)

• अवधार्य: having fixed (in mind)
• अवधार्य: Purvakala-Kriya (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अव-√धृ (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यपन्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund): ‘having fixed/ascertained/held (in mind)’

• हृदये: in the heart
• हृदये: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृदय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• कर्णिकायाम्: in the pericarp
• कर्णिकायाम्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्णिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• बहिः: outside, outwardly
• बहिः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: बहिः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय—देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: outside/outwardly)

• न्यसेत्: should place
• न्यसेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-√अस्/√न्यस् (धातु; न्यासे)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• चतुर्भुजम्: four-armed
• चतुर्भुजम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर्-भुज (प्रातिपदिक; चतुर् + भुज)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; ‘चत्वारः भुजाः यस्य’ (four-armed)

• महासत्त्वम्: the great being
• महासत्त्वम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा-सत्त्व (प्रातिपदिक; महा + सत्त्व)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मधारय—‘महच्च तत् सत्त्वम्’ (great being/heroic essence)

• सूर्यकोटिसमप्रभम्: having splendor equal to millions of suns
• सूर्यकोटिसमप्रभम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सूर्य-कोटि-सम-प्रभ (प्रातिपदिक; सूर्य + कोटि + सम + प्रभ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘सूर्यकोट्या समा प्रभा यस्य’ (having radiance equal to ten million suns)

Speaker

Narada (teaching an upāsanā/dhyāna procedure in the Uttara-Bhāga stream)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Rasa: {"primary_rasa":"adbhuta","secondary_rasa":"bhakti","emotional_journey":"From firm inward fixation to an outward, vivid theophany: the four-armed Lord blazing with the splendor of ten million suns."}

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu

FAQs

What is the spiritual significance of this verse in Narada Purana?

It prescribes a precise inner visualization: establishing the Lord in the heart-lotus and contemplating His overwhelming divine radiance, which purifies the mind and stabilizes devotion-oriented meditation.

How does this verse explain the path of devotion (Bhakti)?

By directing the devotee to lovingly “install” Vishnu in the heart as a living presence (four-armed, supremely auspicious), it turns meditation into intimate worship—bhakti expressed as continuous remembrance (smaraṇa).

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

It reflects a ritual-technical principle akin to nyāsa (mental placement/installation) used in mantra-upāsanā: the deity is systematically located in an inner altar (heart-lotus) to make worship steady and methodical.